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Sunday, 20 January 2013

Brisbane Heat beat Perth Scorchers to lift Big Bash trophy

Brisbane Heat got the better
of Perth Scorchers by 34 runs to win the Big Bash Twenty20 competition
at the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) ground on Saturday.

West Indian pacer Kemar Roach starred in his spell of 3 for 18 and
never let Perth get a firm grip of their chase, restricting them to 133
for 9 while in pursuit of 168 to win. This was Perth's second loss in
the final after they lost to the Sydney Sixers in 2012.

Perth's hero of the semi-final win over Melbourne Stars, David Hussey,
came in to bat as late as the 14th over with a tall ask of 71 runs to
win off 37 balls. But the Australian limited-overs specialist fell in
the 17th over, which led to a collapse where Perth lost 5 wickets for 5
runs.

The only consolation for Perth is having made it to the Champions League Twenty20 by virtue of reaching the Big Bash final.(CricketNext)